kaisernetwork.org - 1/12/2009
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[Jan 12, 2009] House lawmakers say they will vote on Wednesday or Thursday on a stand-alone SCHIP expansion that will provide Democrats on Capitol Hill "an early session victory" and give President-elect Barack Obama "a high profile bill" to sign into law when taking office, the Washington Times ...
kaisernetwork.org - 1/14/2009
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kaisernetwork.org —
[Jan 14, 2009] The House on Wednesday is
expected to pass legislation (HR 2) reauthorizing and expanding
SCHIP to cover an additional 4.1 million children, the Washington Post reports. The measure, which will cost an estimated $33 billion, would ...
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Capitol Hill Watch | House Scheduled To Vote on SCHIP ...
dailykos.com - 1/14/2009
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dailykos.com —
And not a moment too soon. People are
hurting all over. From the NY Times : WASHINGTON
— With enthusiastic support from President-elect Barack Obama, the House on Wednesday passed a bill to expand the Children’s Health Insurance ...
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SCHIP Passes The House
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Obama's First Tax Increase
Hit & Run —
... This week Congress plans to vote on a bill that would dramatically raise the federal cigarette tax and use the money to fund an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Congress approved similar bills in 2007 and 2008, but they were vetoed by President Bush in one of the few decisions he made during eight years in office that was both courageous and consistent with limited-government principles. (His attempts at Social Security and immigration reform are the two others that spring to mind; perhaps you can ...
Wyden: Stimulus Will Include Health IT, Insurance Aid For Unemployed
TPM Election Central —
... SCHIP, the children's health insurance program administered by the states with federal help, is moving forward separately from the stimulus, headed for a quick reauthorization (and expansion) on the House floor and in Senate Finance this month, ahead of the March 31 deadline for renewal. ...
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Daily Kos —
MN-Sen: WinRev has one of his great updates on the continuing saga that is the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. MN-Sen: If you want it, here are all the legal filings in the case. Jay Rosen is still the smartest journalist in the country today. And btw, another word for the "sphere of consensus" is "conventional wisdom", which plays an important role in my last book, Taking on the System. The person who controls the CW controls the terms of the debate. Modern activism is in large part a battle to capture that CW. Return Gitmo to Cuba? My, what a politically incorrect thing to ...
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